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Radioactive Wild Boars Found in Italy (Chernobyl)
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| Mar 11, 2013
| Katerina Nicholas
Posted on 03/16/2013 2:56:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Samples taken from 27 wild boars captured in northern Italy during the hunting season revealed the animals to be radioactive. Traces of the radioactive isotope cesium-137 exceeded the legal limit by 10 times.
The Italian Health Ministry carried out routine tests on wild boars in the Piedmont mountain area and discovered radioactive contamination in 27 boars. According to Sina the Enea Radiation Protection Institute stated "the cesium-137 is an artificial radionuclide produced by nuclear fission, and is released from nuclear sites." To Vima reported Italian Health Minister Renato Balntoutsi said teams of experts will try to solve the "mystery of cesium" by testing samples of water and soil in the area. Rabbits, hares and deer will also be tested for the presence of cesium.
Experts from the regional institution for environmental monitoring ARPA consider the most likely cause of the radioactive contamination is from Chernobyl.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Science
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To: nickcarraway
Traces of the radioactive isotope cesium-137 exceeded the legal limit by 10 times. These boars are breaking the law.
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posted on
03/16/2013 2:59:37 PM PDT
by
Egon
(Apparently, Jimmy Carter DOES need a third term.)
To: nickcarraway
Saves the trouble of having to microwave your bacon.
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:00:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Egon
In preparation, Obama should set up the ABRB (American Bureau of Radioactive Boars), and we should fund them with millions of dollars.
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:01:48 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:03:00 PM PDT
by
jaz.357
(Contrary To Ordinary)
To: nickcarraway
Just because it’s in print means not that it is true. BS
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:05:13 PM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
To: nickcarraway
On the other hand, when it comes to finding truffles, these guys have superpowers!
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:07:01 PM PDT
by
Winstons Julia
(Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
To: nickcarraway
Oddly, Chernobyl is home to varieties of wild critters, not just these boars. And the vegetation is doing just fine.
Apparently, the radiation isn’t killing them.
What do we make of all this?
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:07:38 PM PDT
by
lurk
To: nickcarraway
Yumpin Yemenis!
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:08:18 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:12:34 PM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
To: nickcarraway
Hmmmm,,,, Better test all the horse meat they found over there too!
To: nickcarraway
Piedomnt is about 1,500 miles from Chernobyl, so that's probably not it.
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:13:22 PM PDT
by
Vision
(Obama is king of the "Takers." Don't be a "Taker.")
To: nickcarraway
Communism: The gift that keeps on giving.
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:13:39 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
To: Vision
I thought Boars were from South Africa.
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:14:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
Teenage Mutant Ninja Boars!
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:14:12 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: nickcarraway
25 years later? The thing you have to remember about radioactive substances is that the gas tank is finite. The stuff that stays active a long time isn’t very radioactive to begin with. The stuff that’s fiercely radioactive doesn’t stay that way very long.
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:16:30 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Vision
All of Europe did get a good radioactive dusting from the Chernobyl event but they were too busy protesting America at the time to notice. It’s possible.
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:18:59 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: nickcarraway
If a radioactive wild boar bites you, do you get super powers?
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:22:04 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: SIDENET; All
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:28:24 PM PDT
by
Kolath
To: BerryDingle
Yumpin Yemenis!
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posted on
03/16/2013 3:50:09 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?)
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